From Carrie to The Dark Tower, from Kubrick's Shining to IT — test your knowledge of the master of horror and his iconic adaptations.
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Stephen King is the most popular and prolific horror author of the modern era. Born in Portland, Maine in 1947 and raised in Durham, he sold his first novel Carrie in 1974 after his wife Tabitha rescued the manuscript pages from the trash. In half a century of writing, he has published more than 65 novels, hundreds of short stories, and over 400 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide. From Pet Sematary to The Stand, from Misery to The Dark Tower, his work has shaped modern horror, dark fantasy, and supernatural fiction.
King's imagination is rooted in the small towns of his home state, especially the fictional Castle Rock and Derry, Maine, where many of his stories unfold. His characters often confront cosmic evil hidden beneath ordinary surfaces — a clown lurking in storm drains, a haunted hotel high in the Rockies, an ancient burial ground past the Pet Sematary. King writes about ordinary people pushed to their limits, blending psychological dread, Americana, and unflinching darkness. In 1999, he was nearly killed when a Dodge minivan struck him while walking on a Maine country road — an accident that became part of the legend surrounding the writer.
Beyond the page, King's work has redefined cinema. Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980), Frank Darabont's Shawshank Redemption (1994) and (1999), (1986) and (1990), and (2017) are landmarks of American film. even won the for her terrifying performance as . Are you ready to prove you are a true Constant Reader?